Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection, 1914, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Christie Agatha At Bertram's Hotel First Edition			NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 71.40
27	Christie Agatha The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding First Edition	London		NZD 30.00 - 60.00	NZD 83.30
28	Christie Agatha Hickory Dickory Dock First Edition	London		NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 41.65
29	Christie Agatha Dead Man's Folly First Edition			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 77.35
30	Christie Agatha The Pale Horse First Edition	London		NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 71.40
31	Christie Agatha The Pale Horse First Edition	London		NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 71.40
32	Christie Agatha By the Pricking of my Thumbs First Edition	London	1968	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 41.65
33	Christie Agatha Endless Night			NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 23.80
34	Christie Agatha Hickory Dickory Dock			Not Available	NZD 47.60
35	Christie Agatha Nemesis Uncorrected Advance Proof			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 83.30
36	Three Vintage Volumes by Agatha Christie		1947	Not Available	NZD 89.25
37	Three Vintage Volumes by Agatha Christie		1935	Not Available	NZD 23.80
38	Four Vintage Volumes by Agatha Christie		1959	Not Available	NZD 119.00
39	Three Vintage Volumes by Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 77.35
40	Seven Paperback Editions by Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 65.45
41	Five Paperback Editions by Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 29.75
42	Four Volumes by Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 65.45
43	Four Graphic Novels by Agatha Christie			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 71.40
44	Four Graphic Novels by Agatha Christie			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 71.40
45	Four Graphic Novels by Agatha Christie			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30
46	Four Graphic Novels by Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 83.30
47	Five Volumes Ralating To Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 23.80
48	Seven Volumes Ralating To Agatha Christie			Not Available	NZD 23.80
49	Four Volumes Ralating To Agatha Christie			Not Available	Not Sold
50	Agatha Christie An Autobiography Part I & II & Two Others			Not Available	NZD 107.10

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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